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Post by tristramshandy on Jan 28, 2020 0:04:01 GMT
My son is eight and it was interesting watching the Kobe coverage yesterday. My son had just turned 5 when Kobe's last game was played. My son studies his sports cards like crazy, but his connection to Bryant is yelling "Kobe!" when taking a shot. He really doesn't know what that means and wasn't affected by yesterday much at all. Bryant's career is right outside my son's range.
Who falls into that category for you? Like for me, Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson retired one year before I started having knowledge of baseball, Joe Namath and Merlin Olsen in football, and Rick Barry, Walt Frazier, and John Havlicek in basketball (which I got into slightly later).
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Post by millar70 on Jan 28, 2020 0:08:47 GMT
Bobby Orr
The greatest Boston Bruin of all time, and maybe the most unique hockey player ever, had worn down and retired right before I began to understand and watch sports as a little kid.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jan 28, 2020 0:15:42 GMT
NHL: Mike Bossy
MLB: Reggie Jackson
NBA: Dr. J
NFL: Dan Fouts
1987 was probably my breakout year for tuning into sports for my own pleasure... rather than hearing about it through pop culture, family, & friends.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jan 28, 2020 13:38:58 GMT
Tom Brady will fall into that category for my son, who is 5. He's the only athlete my son recognizes and names when he sees him on TV. He also sometimes calls him 'Tommy,' which is funny because I've never called Brady that in my life. Still, this doesn't equate to actual fandom and by the time my son actually cares who wins or loses the Patriots will be a league laughing stock again.
Oddly, I guess I'd say Larry Bird for myself. I was born in 1977 so I was certainly old enough to experience and enjoy the 86 Celtics for example, had I cared about basketball. But I didn't get into the sport until about 1990. I got to witness and appreciate the end of Larry's career but really missed out on the best stuff.
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Post by SportsFan19 on Jan 28, 2020 14:45:03 GMT
Probably Wayne Gretzky, his Oiler days were long over, and his Kings days were winding down when I truly got into the NHL.
NBA - Magic and Larry
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jan 28, 2020 19:11:17 GMT
My first baseball game was in 1972. Roberto Clemente his a 3 run HR. Five months later, he was dead. The next year was the Mets and Willie Mays. He was clearly past his sell by date.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2020 19:34:53 GMT
Steve Carlton. I was born in 79. Carlton’s last good season was in 1982 at age 37.
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Post by NJtoTX on Jan 28, 2020 20:29:26 GMT
Ted Williams, Bob Pettit
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jan 28, 2020 22:01:39 GMT
Dennis Lillee, Greg Chappell, Richard Hadlee, Ian Botham, Imran Khan, Robbie Flower, Choco Williams, Arthur Beetson, Sfeve Mortimer, Peter Sterling.
I'll give a special mention to Mark "Jacko" Jackson, who Americans who grew up in the 80s may remember as the guy who used to be the Energizer Battery mascot before the bunny took over "Oi, Oi." He was an elite Full Forward who averaged 4 goals a game in the AFL, but his penchant for doing things like putting a brick under the brake pedal in a team mate's car curtailed his career when I was about 4.
Another big one would be Darren Millane, a mid fielder for Collingwood who died when I was 9. He was only 26 and, with only 147 games, had the shortest career of anyone named in the Collingwood Team of the Century.
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Post by Marv on Jan 28, 2020 23:48:35 GMT
People like Joe Montana and Lawrence Taylor retired like right before I gained an interest in the NFL...and I only got to see the last few years of Steve Young and Dan Marino...and Barry Sanders.
Was lucky enough to see enough of Rice and Favre to enjoy watching them.
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Post by Geddy on Jan 29, 2020 1:42:58 GMT
Bobby Orr and Jack Nicklaus. Would have loved to see their prime.
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Post by 尺ロㄈにモイ州凡几 on Jan 29, 2020 1:52:49 GMT
Michael Jordan
Dude retired the second time when I was 3, and I honestly wasn't too aware of the fact that he returned with the Wizards until a few years after he retired the third and final time. I'm sure I saw highlights of him those years, but I just can't recall any of it.
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Post by sdm3 on Jan 29, 2020 2:24:51 GMT
the Patriots will be a league laughing stock again. Nevermind, just be like this guy... 
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jan 29, 2020 12:44:39 GMT
the Patriots will be a league laughing stock again. Nevermind, just be like this guy... At least now we know what DC Fan is doing with his time away from the board.
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Post by leroybrown2 on Jan 29, 2020 12:51:33 GMT
Gayle Sayers and Dick Butkus, didn't become a Bears fan until 1979 so I still caught a lot of Walter Payton. But seeing Sayer's highlights in YouTube, I know I missed a lot.
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